Press release
Statement from the Department of Health - Monday 28 March
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From: Department of Health
- Published on: 28 March 2022
- Last updated on: 28 March 2022
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been notified of 5,263 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. In addition, on Sunday 27 March, 6,466* people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal.
- on Saturday 26 March, the HPSC was notified of 7,754 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. 7,706* people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal the previous day
- on Sunday 27 March, the HPSC was notified of 6,940 PCR-confirmed cases of COVID-19. 5,432* people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal the previous day
As of 8am today, 1,624 COVID-19 patients are hospitalised, of whom 54 are in ICU.
Notes
- These data are provisional and are not directly comparable with laboratory PCR confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases registered through the HSE Covid Care Tracker.
Data on the epidemiology of COVID-19 cases and deaths is available on the HPSC’s Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Ireland data hub.
Additional data on vaccination, hospital, ICU and local electoral areas is available on Ireland’s COVID-19 data hub.
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